before Jesus came; this had already been planned by God as He cursed the serpent in the Garden: the woman's And it would come exactly how God said it would: through the offspring of a woman. God sent His Son, born of a woman, not just to take away your sins, but to also still your fears. exactly what He says He'll do; ALIGN YOUR LIFE WITH GOD'S WILL: Thank God for sending Jesus, born of a woman Today: Romans 12

Today: Romans 10

ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Romans 14

The tests He sends us are not for His benefit (James 1:2-3, 1 Peter 1:6-7, Romans 5:3-4).

gospels— Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles; the fourteen letters of Paul— to the Romans

same level of excitement, love and genuine care that one would expect to see in the most passionate of romances

Summary We tend to romanticize history.

nor Luther 1,500 years later as he defied the Pope's emissary in Worms) were the mavericks we like to romanticize

Still less does it support the romantic imagery, sometimes derived from the traditional but incorrect

David's sin was much more than a tryst with a beautiful woman; it drove him into a conspiracy that led Just like in a cheesy romantic movie, the wayward protagonist eloquently apologizes to the woman he loves